Resin application and infusion system

US8037843B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Mark Ernest Vermilyea · Niskayuna, US
• Peter Finnigan · Higganum, US
• Dongming Gao · Clifton Park, US
• Bowden Kirkpatrick · Niskayuna, US
• Alexander Joseph Vallee · Loveland, US
• Stefaan Guido Van Nieuwenhove · Bad Abbach, DE
• Yosang Yoon · Loudonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2009
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29C70/20
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An application and infusion system for applying a resin to one or more fiber tows and for infusing the fiber tows with the resin, wherein each of the fiber tows is moving at a respective fiber speed. The application and infusion system includes a deposition and infusion system comprising one or more nozzles configured to deposit the resin on a respective one of the fiber tows. The system further includes a controller configured to control a flow rate of the resin through each of the nozzles relative to the fiber speed of the respective ones of the fiber tows. Other aspects of the application and infusion system are also provided.